Hillary goes on the attack

1:01 PM,
Jun. 4, 2014

Written by

Jonah Goldberg

Last week, Hillary Clinton's proto-presidential campaign leaked an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir of her stint as secretary of State. Titled "Benghazi: Under Attack," the chapter offers her take on the infamous terrorist assault that killed four Americans, including our ambassador to Libya.

A better title might be "Hillary: On the Attack." If there's one constant theme to Clinton's quarter-century stint in public life, it is her desire to turn the tables on her critics and turn her weaknesses into strengths.

In a "60 Minutes" interview in 1992, she said that she wouldn't be "some ...